Title of the workshop with World Café: Transformation Talks 1.0 – Urban Transformation from the Perspective of the Next Generation
The Transformation Talks took place for the first time on June 2, 2023. The KoMet team chose HIER IST NICHT DA (Bochumner Straße 138, 45886 Gelsenkirchen)—a sociocultural center—as the venue.
The Transformation in Metropolitan areas and the control of this change, along with the UN sustainability goals is the joint task of the future of all social areas, at all spatial scale levels. The graduate network of competence in the field of urban research (comet) and the Forum of young NRW of the ARL against this Backdrop, a young practitioner:indoor, invited young researchers:on the inside, the students and dedicated persons of citizens:indoor initiatives in the Transformation of Talks. In the framework of the Workshops, exciting projects and ideas for the o. g. were Researchers put forward, which can contribute to a positive and sustainable development of the urban space ().
The aim of the event was to provide a platform for young designers shaping transformation in metropolitan areas across various sectors of society, as well as to offer an informal space for them to exchange ideas and approaches and to network.
About 60 participants discussed urban change at the Transformation Talks that day, moderated by Jürgen Hein (UA Ruhr). To break the ice, SEG first offered a walking tour of the “Bochumer Straße” neighborhoodSEG (Thanks to Patricia Gajda and Catrin Schenk).
Following that, a total of 15 speakers presented their projects and ideas in 4-minute pitch presentations:
// Constantin Alexander (Leuphana University of Lüneburg): Urban Obsolescence Risk Management
// Anna-Lena Bergmann (GEBAG Duisburger Baugesellschaft mbH): Environmental neutrality in existing buildings
// Jost Buscher (Dortmund Technical University): Vertical Farming
// Dorothee Gangnus (University of Duisburg-Essen): Urban Political Ecology
// Marvin Guth (Ruhr University Bochum): Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Socially Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
// Katharina Kemper (Montag Foundation): The Initial Capital Principle
// Michael Kolocek (Institute for Regional and Urban Development Research): The Future of City Centers
// Felix Leininger (Alliance for a Socially Responsible Mobility Transition): An Ecological and Socially Just Mobility Transition
// Kerstin Meyer (Institute for Work and Technology): Circular Urban Production as an Opportunity for Urban Areas
// Marcel Patalon (Southwest Germany University of Applied Sciences): City Lab Southwest Germany
// Fabienne Peddinghaus (Bochum University of Applied Sciences): Urban Ecology and Community Building
// Sarah Rissel (Insane Urban Cowboys e.V.): Change Through Visibility – Transurban Residency & URBANus Autumn
// Luisa Stevens (City Office Planning Group): A Great Spot for Herne
// Henrik Vervoorts (Urban League): Urban Planners’ Lobby
// Jana Wegener (Ruhr University Bochum): Co-creative Mobility Transition
Following this, discussions took place in a World Café format at four thematic tables (over two rounds) on key transformative topics such as participation, mobility, ecology, and urban production. The focus was on practical implementation strategies, not limited to the urban projects that had been presented.
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This event was sponsored by the Stiftung Mercator and the NRW.BANK unterstützt.
We sincerely thank you for that!
